UNESCO World Heritage List
When UNESCO published its first list of protected places in 1978,
there were just 12 World Heritage Sites. They were:
- The Galapagos Islands and Quito (both in Ecuador)
- Yellowstone National Park and Mesa Verde National Park (both in the US)
- L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park and Nahanni National Park (both in Canada)
- The Simien National Park and the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela (both in Ethiopia)
- Krakow and the Wieliczka Salt Mine (both in Poland)
- Aachen Cathedral (in Germany)
- Island of Goree (in Senegal)
Now there are well over a thousand places on the list.
The following properties
have been approved by the
World Heritage Committee to
be included on
UNESCO's World Heritage List.
The list currently contains
1223 different properties
as of July, 2024.
If you know of any web links that can be added to this list,
please let me know.
email: lynn@thesalmons.org
See the zoomable world map of the sites and
click on the individual markers for more information or switch to
the satellite image.
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AFGHANISTAN
- 2002 Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
- 2003 Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
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ALBANIA
- 1992 Butrint
- 2005 Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2019 Ohrid Region
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ALGERIA
- 1980 Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- 1982 Tassili n'Ajjer
- 1982 M'zab Valley
- 1982 Djemila
- 1982 Tipasa
- 1982 Timgad
- 1992 Kasbah of Algiers
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ANDORRA
- 2004 Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley
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ANGOLA
- 2017 Mbanza Kongo
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
- 2016 Antigua Naval Dockyard
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ARGENTINA
- 1981 Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
- 1984 Iguazu National Park
- 1984 Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- 1999 Peninsula Valdes
- 1999 Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas
- 2000 Ischigualasto - Talampaya Natural Parks
- 2000 The Jesuit Block and the Jesuit Estancias of Cordoba
- 2003 Quebrada de Humahuaca
- 2014 Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2017 Los Alerces National Park
- 2023 ESMA Museum Site
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ARMENIA
- 1996,2000 Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
- 2000 The Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
- 2000 The Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
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AUSTRALIA
- 1981 Great Barrier Reef
- 1981 Kakadu National Park
- 1981 Willandra Lakes Region
- 1982 Tasmanian Wilderness
- 1982 Lord Howe Island Group
- 1987 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- 1987 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
- 1988 Wet Tropics of Queensland
- 1991 Shark Bay, Western Australia
- 1992 Fraser Island
- 1994 Riversleigh/Naracoorte Fossil Mammal Sites
- 1997 Heard and McDonald Islands
- 1997 Macquarie Island
- 2000 Greater Blue Mountains Area
- 2003 Purnululu National Park
- 2004 Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2007 Sydney Opera House
- 2010 Australian Convict Sites
- 2011 Ningaloo Coast
- 2019 Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
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AUSTRIA
- 1996 Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
- 1996 Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn
- 1997 Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
- 1998 Semmering Railway
- 1999 City of Graz
- 2000 Wachau Cultural Landscape
- 2001 Historic Center of Vienna
- 2001 Cultural Landscape of Ferto-Neusiedlersee
- 2011 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in the Alps
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
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AZERBAIJAN
- 2000 The Walled City of Baku
- 2007 Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
- 2019 Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace
- 2023 Hyrcanian Forests
- 2023 Khinalig People and Koc Yolu Transhumance Route
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BARBADOS
- 2011 Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
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BAHRAIN
- 2005 Qal'at al-Bahrain Archaeological Site
- 2012 Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
- 2019 Dilmun Burial Mounds
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BANGLADESH
- 1985 Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
- 1985 Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- 1997 Sundarbans Mangrove Forest
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BELARUS
- 1992 Belovezhskaya Pushcha/Bialowieza Forest
- 2000 The Mir Castle Complex
- 2005 Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
- 2005 Struve Geodetic Arc
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BELGIUM
- 1998 Flemish Beguinages
- 1998 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs
- 1998 La Grand-Place, Brussels
- 1999 Belfries of Belgium and France
- 2000 Historic Centre of Brugge
- 2000 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta, Brussels
- 2000 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
- 2000 Notre Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- 2005 Plantin-Moretus House/Workshops/Museum Complex
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2009 Stoclet House
- 2012 Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2021 Colonies of Benevolence
- 2023 Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
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BELIZE
- 1996 Belize Barrier-Reef Reserve System
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BENIN
- 1985 Royal Palaces of Abomey
- 2017 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
- 2023 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
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BOLIVIA
- 1987 City of Potosi
- 1990 Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
- 1991 Historic City of Sucre
- 1998 El Fuerte de Samaipata
- 2000 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
- 2000 Imperial Capital of Tiwanaku
- 2014 Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System
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BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
- 2005 Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2007 Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge in Visegrad
- 2016 Stecci Medieval Tombstones
- 2024 Vjetrenica Cave Ravno
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BOTSWANA
- 2001 Tsodilo
- 2014 Okavango Delta
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BRAZIL
- 1980 Historic Town of Ouro Preto
- 1982 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
- 1984 Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- 1985 Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
- 1985 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
- 1986 Iguaçu National Park
- 1987 City of Brasilia
- 1991 Serra da Capivara National Park
- 1997 Historic Centre of Sao Luis
- 1999 Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
- 1999 Southeast Atlantic Forest Reserves
- 1999 Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
- 2000 Pantanal Conservation Complex
- 2000 Central Amazon Conservation Complex
- 2001 Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
- 2001 Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
- 2001 Historic Centre of the Town of Goias
- 2010 Sao Francisco Square in Sao Cristovao
- 2012 Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
- 2016 Pampulha Modern Ensemble
- 2017 Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site
- 2019 Paraty and Ilha Grande
- 2021 Sitio Roberto Burle Marx
- 2024 Lencois Maranhenses National Park
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BULGARIA
- 1979 Boyana Church
- 1979 Madara Rider
- 1979 Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- 1979 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
- 1983 Ancient City of Nessebar
- 1983 Srebarna Nature Reserve
- 1983 Pirin National Park
- 1983 Rila Monastery
- 1985 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
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BURKINA FASO
- 2009 The Ruins of Loropeni
- 2017 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
- 2019 Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso
- 2024 Royal Court of Tiebele
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CAMBODIA
- 1992 Angkor
- 2008 Preah Vihear Temple
- 2017 Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk
- 2023 Koh Ker
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CAMEROON
- 1987 Dja Faunal Reserve
- 2012 Sangha Trinational
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CANADA
- 1978 L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park
- 1978 Nahanni National Park
- 1979 Dinosaur Provincial Park
- 1981 Anthony Island (SGang Gwaay)
- 1981 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Complex
- 1983 Wood Buffalo National Park
- 1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- 1985 Historic Area of Quebec
- 1987 Gros Morne National Park
- 1995 Old Town Lunenburg
- 1999 Miguasha Park
- 2007 The Rideau Canal
- 2008 Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- 2012 Landscape of Grand Pre
- 2013 Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
- 2016 Mistaken Point
- 2018 Pimachiowin Aki
- 2019 Writing-on-Stone
- 2023 Trondek-Klondike
- 2023 Anticosti
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CANADA AND THE UNITED OF STATES OF AMERICA
- 1979 Kluane/Wrangell St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek
- 1995 Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
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CAPE VERDE
- 2009 Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- 1988 Parc National du Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
- 2012 Sangha Trinational
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CHAD
- 2012 Lakes of Ounianga
- 2016 Ennedi Massif
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CHILE
- 1995 Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island)
- 2000 Churches of Chiloe
- 2003 Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso
- 2005 Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
- 2006 Sewell Mining Town
- 2014 Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System
- 2021 Settlement and Artifical Mummification of the Chinchoorro Culture
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CHINA (PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF)
- 1987 The Great Wall
- 1987 Mount Taishan
- 1987 Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- 1987 Mogao Caves
- 1987 The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer
- 1987 Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
- 1990 Mount Huangshan
- 1992 Wulingyuan Scenic & Historic Interest Area
- 1992 Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic & Historic Interest Area
- 1992 Huanglong Scenic & Historic Interest Area
- 1994 The Mountain Resort in Chengde City
- 1994 Potala Palace, Lhasa
- 1994 Temple of Confucius, the Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
- 1994 The ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains
- 1996 Lushan National Park
- 1996 Mt. Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
- 1997 Ancient City of Ping Yao
- 1997 Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- 1997 Old Town of Lijiang
- 1998 Summer Palace in Beijing
- 1998 Temple of Heaven, Beijing
- 1999 Mount Wuyi
- 1999 The Dazu Rock Carvings
- 2000 Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
- 2000 Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
- 2000 Longmen Grottoes
- 2000 Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- 2001 Yungang Grottoes
- 2003 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
- 2004 Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
- 2005 Historic Centre of Macao
- 2006 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
- 2006 Yin Xu
- 2007 South China Karst
- 2007 Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
- 2008 Fujian Tulou
- 2008 Mount Sanqingshan National Park
- 2009 Mount Wutai
- 2010 Historic Monuments of Dengfeng
- 2010 China Danxia
- 2011 West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
- 2012 Site of Xanadu
- 2012 Chengjiang Fossil Site
- 2013 Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
- 2013 Xinjiang Tianshan
- 2014 Silk Roads: Routes of Chang'an - Tianshan Corridor
- 2014 The Grand Canal
- 2015 Tusi Sites
- 2016 Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
- 2016 Hubei Shennongjia
- 2017 Kulangsu
- 2017 Qinghai Hoh Xil
- 2018 Fanjingshan
- 2019 Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China
- 2019 Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
- 2021 Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China
- 2023 Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er
- 2024 Badain Jaran Desert
- 2024 Beijing Central Axis
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COLOMBIA
- 1984 Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
- 1994 Los Katios National Park
- 1995 Historic Center of Santa Cruz de Mompox
- 1995 Tierradentro National Archaeological Park
- 1995 San Augustin Archaeological Park
- 2006 Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- 2011 Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
- 2014 Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System
- 2018 Chiribiquete National Park
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CONGO
- 2012 Sangha Trinational
- 2023 Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
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COSTA RICA
- 1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad National Park
- 1997 Cocos Island National Park
- 1999 Area de Conservacion Guanacaste
- 2014 Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquis
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COTE D'IVOIRE
- 1982 Tai National Park
- 1983 Comoe National Park
- 2012 Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
- 2021 Sudanese style mosques
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CROATIA
- 1979 Old City of Dubrovnik
- 1979 Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
- 1979 Plitvice Lakes National Park
- 1997 Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Porec
- 1997 Historic City of Trogir
- 2000 Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2008 Stari Grad Plain
- 2016 Stecci Medieval Tombstones
- 2017 Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries
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CUBA
- 1982 Old Havana and its Fortifications
- 1988 Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- 1997 San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
- 1999 Desembarco del Granma National Park
- 1999 The Vinales Valley
- 2000 First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba
- 2001 Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
- 2005 Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
- 2008 Historic Centre of Camaguey
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CYPRUS
- 1980 Paphos
- 1985 The Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
- 1998 The Neolithic settlement of Choirokhoitia
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CZECHIA (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- 1992 Historic Centre of Prague
- 1992 Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
- 1992 Historic Centre of Telc
- 1994 Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nipomuk at Zelena Hora in Zdar nad Sazavou
- 1995 Kutna Hora - the Historical Town Centre with the Church of Saint Barbara and the Cathedral of our Lady at Sedlec
- 1996 Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- 1998 Holasovice Historical Village Reservation
- 1998 Gardens and Castle at Kromeriz
- 1999 Litomysl Castle
- 2000 Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
- 2001 Tugendhat Villa in Brno
- 2003 The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Trebic
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2019 Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
- 2019 Erzgebirge/Krusnohori Mining Region
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2023 Zatec Landscape and Saaz Hops
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO (formerly ZAIRE)
- 1979 Virunga National Park
- 1980 Garamba National Park
- 1981 Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- 1984 Salonga National Park
- 1996 Okapi Faunal Reserve
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DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of KOREA
- 2004 Complex of Koguryo Tombs
- 2013 Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong
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DENMARK
- 1994 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones, and Church
- 1995 Roskilde Cathedral
- 2000 Kronborg Castle
- 2004 Ilulissat Icefjord
- 2009 The Wadden Sea
- 2014 Stevns Klint
- 2015 Moravian Church Settlements
- 2015 The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand
- 2017 Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
- 2018 Aasivissuit-Nipisat
- 2023 Viking-age Ring Fortresses
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DOMINICA
- 1997 Morne Trois Pitons National Park
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- 1990 Colonial City of Santo Domingo
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ECUADOR
- 1978 Galapagos National Park, including the Galapagos Islands
- 1978 Old City of Quito
- 1983 Sangay National Park
- 1999 Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
- 2014 Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System
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EGYPT
- 1979 Abu Mena
- 1979 Ancient Thebes, including its Necropolis
- 1979 Islamic Cairo
- 1979 Memphis and its Necropolis-the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
- 1979 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
- 2002 St. Catherine Area
- 2005 Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
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EL SALVADOR
- 1993 Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
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ERITREA
- 2017 Asmara: a Modernist City of Africa
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ESTONIA
- 1997 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
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ETHIOPIA
- 1978 Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela
- 1978 Simien National Park
- 1979 Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
- 1980 Aksum
- 1980 Lower Valley of the Awash
- 1980 Lower Valley of the Omo
- 1980 Tiya
- 2006 Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
- 2011 Konso Cultural Landscape
- 2023 Gedeo Cultural Landscape
- 2023 Bale Mountains National Park
- 2024 Melka Kunture and Balchit
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FIJI
- 2013 Levuka Historical Port Town
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FINLAND
- 1991 Old Rauma
- 1991 Fortress of Suomenlinna
- 1994 Petajavesi Old Church
- 1996 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- 1999 Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmaki
- 2006 The Kvarken Archipelago/High Coast
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FRANCE
- 1979 Chartres Cathedral
- 1979 Mont-St. Michel and its Bay
- 1979 Palace and Park of Versailles
- 1979 Vézelay, Church and Hill
- 1979 Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley
- 1981 Amiens Cathedral
- 1981 Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- 1981 Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
- 1981 Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
- 1981 Orange (Roman Theatre and the Triumphal Arch)
- 1982 The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- 1983 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance, Nancy
- 1983 Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
- 1983 Cape Girolata, Cape Porto and Scandola Natural Reserve, Corsica
- 1985 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
- 1988 Strasbourg, Grande Ile
- 1991 Paris, Banks of the Seine
- 1991 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Tau Palace, of Reims
- 1992 Bourges Cathedral
- 1995 Historic Center of Avignon
- 1996 Le Canal du Midi
- 1997 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
- 1997 Pyrenees - Mount Perdu
- 1998 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- 1998 Historic Site of Lyons
- 1999 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- 1999 Belfries of Belgium and France
- 2000 The Loire Valley including the Château and Estate of Chambord
- 2001 Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
- 2005 Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
- 2007 Bordeaux, Port de la Lune
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2008 Fortifications of Vauban
- 2008 Lagoons of New Caledonia
- 2010 Episcopal City of Albi
- 2010 Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
- 2011 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- 2011 The Causses and the Cevennes
- 2012 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- 2014 Cave of Pont d'Arc
- 2015 Champagne Hillsides, Houses, and Cellars
- 2015 Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2017 Taputapuatea
- 2018 Chaine des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
- 2019 French Austral Lands and Seas
- 2021 Cordouan Lighthouse
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2021 Nice
- 2023 Mount Pelee and the Pitons of Martinique
- 2023 Maison Carree of Nimes
- 2023 Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- 2024 Te Henua Enata - Marquesas
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GABON
- 2007 Landscape of Lope Okanda
- 2021 Ivindo National Park
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GAMBIA
- 2003 James Island and Related Sites
- 2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia
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GEORGIA
- 1994 The Historical Church Ensemble of Mtskheta
- 1994 Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
- 1996 Upper Svaneti
- 2021 Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
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GERMANY
- 1978 Aachen Cathedral
- 1981 Speyer Cathedral
- 1981 Würzburg Residence, including the Court Gardens and Residence Square
- 1983 Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- 1984 The Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
- 1985 St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim
- 1986 Roman Monuments, Cathedral and Liebfrauen-Church in Trier
- 1987 Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- 1987 Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- 1990 Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- 1991 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- 1992 Mines of Rammelsberg and the historic town of Goslar
- 1993 Town of Bamberg
- 1993 Maulbronn Monastery Complex
- 1994 The Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
- 1994 Völklingen Ironworks
- 1995 Messel Pit Fossil Site, a fossil-rich quarry near Darmstadt
- 1996 The Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau
- 1996 Cologne Cathedral
- 1996 Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
- 1998 Classical Weimar
- 1999 Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- 1999 Wartburg Castle
- 2000 Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz
- 2000 Monastic Island of Reichenau
- 2001 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
- 2002 Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- 2002 Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
- 2004* *** Deleted *** Dresden Elbe Valley
- 2004 Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
- 2004 Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
- 2006 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
- 2008 Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- 2009 The Wadden Sea
- 2011 Ancient Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2011 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- 2011 Fagus Factory in Alfeld
- 2012 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
- 2013 Bergpark Wilhelmshohe
- 2014 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
- 2015 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2017 Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
- 2018 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke
- 2018 Naumburg Cathedral
- 2019 Erzgebirge/Krusnohori Mining Region
- 2019 Water Management System of Augsburg
- 2021 Mathildenhohe Darmstadt
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2021 Frontiers of the Roman Empire - the lower German Limes
- 2021 ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms, and Mainz
- 2023 Jewish Medieval Heritage of Erfurt
- 2024 Schwerin Residence Ensemble
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GHANA
- 1979 Forts and Castles in Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
- 1980 Ashanti Traditional Buildings
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GREECE
- 1986 Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- 1987 Archaeological Site of Delphi
- 1987 The Acropolis, Athens
- 1988 Mount Athos
- 1988 Meteora
- 1988 Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
- 1988 Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
- 1988 Medieval City of Rhodes
- 1989 Archaeological Site of Olympia
- 1989 Mystras
- 1990 Delos
- 1990 Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
- 1992 Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- 1996 Archaeological Site of Vergina
- 1999 Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
- 1999 Historical sites on the Island of Patmos
- 2007 Old Town of Corfu
- 2016 Archaeological Site of Philippi
- 2023 Zagori Cultural Landscape
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GUATEMALA
- 1979 Antigua Guatemala
- 1979 Tikal National Park
- 1981 Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
- 2023 Tak'alik Ab'aj Archaeological Park
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GUINEA AND COTE D'IVOIRE
- 1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
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HAITI
- 1982 National History Park, including La Ferriere Citadel, Sans-Souci Palace, and Site of Les Ramiers
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HOLY SEE
- 1984 Vatican City
- 1980, 1990 Historic Centre of Rome, the properties of the Holy See in that city enjoyning extraterritorial rights, and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
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HONDURAS
- 1980 Maya Site of Copan
- 1982 Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
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HUNGARY
- 1987 Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube with the district of Buda Castle
- 1987 Holloko
- 1995 Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- 1996 Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
- 1999 Hortobagy National Park
- 2000 Pecs (Sopianae) Early Christian Cemetery
- 2002 Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape
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ICELAND
- 2004 Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park
- 2008 Surtsey
- 2019 Vatnajokull National Park
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INDIA
- 1983 Ajanta Caves
- 1983 Ellora Caves
- 1983 Agra Fort
- 1983 Taj Mahal
- 1984 Sun Temple, Konarak
- 1985 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
- 1985 Kaziranga National Park
- 1985 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- 1985 Keoladeo National Park
- 1986 Churches and Convents of Goa
- 1986 Group of Monuments at Khajuraho
- 1986 Group of Monuments at Hampi
- 1986 Fatehpur Sikri
- 1987 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
- 1987 Elephanta Caves
- 1987 Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
- 1987 Sundarbans National Park
- 1988 Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- 1989 Buddhist Monastery at Sanchi
- 1993 Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
- 1993 Qutab Minar and associated monuments, Delhi
- 1999 Mountain Railways of India
- 2002 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
- 2003 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- 2004 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- 2004 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
- 2007 Red Fort
- 2010 Jantar Mantar
- 2012 Western Ghats
- 2013 Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- 2014 Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat
- 2014 Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
- 2016 Nalanda Mahavihara
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2016 Khangchendzonga National Park
- 2017 Historic City of Ahmadabad
- 2018 Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
- 2019 Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- 2021 Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
- 2021 Dholavira: a Harappan City
- 2023 Santiniketan
- 2023 Sacred Ensemble of the Hoysalas
- 2024 Moidams
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INDONESIA
- 1991 Komodo National Park
- 1991 Ujung Kulon National Park
- 1991 Borobudur Temple compound
- 1991 Prambanan Temple compound
- 1996 Sangiran Early Man Site
- 1999 Lorentz National Park
- 2004 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
- 2012 Cultural Landscape of Bali Province
- 2019 Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
- 2023 Yogyakarta and its Historic Landmarks
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IRAN
- 1979 Persepolis
- 1979 Tchogha Zanbil Ziggurat and Complex
- 1979 Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- 2003 Takht-e Soleyman
- 2004 Pasargadae
- 2004 Bam Cultural Landscape
- 2005 Soltaniyeh
- 2006 Bisotun
- 2008 Armenian Monastic Ensembles
- 2009 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
- 2010 Sheikh Safi al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil
- 2010 Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
- 2011 The Persian Garden
- 2012 Gonbad-e Qabus
- 2012 Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan
- 2013 Golestan Palace
- 2014 Shahr-i Sokhta
- 2015 Cultural Landscape of Maymand
- 2015 Susa
- 2016 The Persian Qanat
- 2016 Lut Desert
- 2017 Historic City of Yazd
- 2018 Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region
- 2018 Hyrcanian Forests
- 2021 Trans-Iranian Railway
- 2021 Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat
- 2023 Persian Caravanserai
- 2024 Hegmataneh
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IRAQ
- 1985 Hatra
- 2003 Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
- 2007 Samarra Archaeological City
- 2014 Erbil Citadel
- 2016 The Ahwar of Southern Iraq
- 2019 Babylon
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IRELAND
- 1993 Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
- 1996 Skellig Michael
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ISRAEL
- 2001 Masada National Park
- 2001 Old City of Acre
- 2003 The White City of Tel-Aviv
- 2005 Biblical Tells Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
- 2005 Incense Route / Cities in the Negev
- 2008 Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee
- 2012 Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me'arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
- 2014 Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands
- 2015 Necropolis of Bet She'arim
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ITALY
- 1979 Rock Drawings in Valcamonica near Brescia
- 1980 Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
- 1982 Historic Centre of Florence
- 1987 Venice and its Lagoon
- 1987 Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- 1980, 1990 Historic Centre of Rome, the properties of the Holy See in that city enjoyning extraterritorial rights, and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- 1990 Historic Centre of San Gimignano
- 1993 I Sassi di Matera
- 1994 Vicenza, the City of Palladio and the Villas of the Veneto
- 1995 Historic Center of Siena
- 1995 Historic Center of Naples
- 1995 Ferrara
- 1995 Crespi d'Adda
- 1996 Castel del Monte
- 1996 Trulli of Alberobello
- 1996 Early Christian Monuments and Mosaics of Ravenna
- 1996 Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
- 1997 The 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
- 1997 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- 1997 Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
- 1997 Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
- 1997 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata
- 1997 Villa Romana del Casale
- 1997 Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- 1997 Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- 1997 The Costiera Amalfitana
- 1997 Archaeological Area of Agrigento
- 1998 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
- 1998 Historic Centre of Urbino
- 1998 Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
- 1999 Villa Adriana
- 2000 Aeolian Islands
- 2000 Assisi
- 2000 City of Verona
- 2001 Villa d'Este, Tivoli
- 2002 Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto
- 2003 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- 2004 Etruscan Necropolises
- 2004 Val d'Orcia
- 2005 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalic
- 2006 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2008 Mantua and Sabbioneta
- 2009 The Dolomites
- 2011 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- 2011 Longobards
- 2013 Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
- 2013 Mount Etna
- 2014 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- 2015 Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalu and Monreale
- 2017 Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries
- 2018 Ivrea
- 2019 Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
- 2021 Padua's forteenth-century fresco cycles
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2021 Porticoes of Bologna
- 2023 Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines
- 2024 Via Appia
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JAMAICA
- 2015 Blue and John Crow Mountains
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JAPAN
- 1993 Shirakami-Sanchi beech forest
- 1993 Yakushima, an ancient cedar forest
- 1993 Himeji-jo (Himeji Castle)
- 1993 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area
- 1994 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
- 1995 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- 1996 Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
- 1996 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
- 1998 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
- 1999 Shrines and Temples of Nikko
- 2000 Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
- 2004 Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
- 2005 Shiretoko Peninsula
- 2007 Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- 2011 Hiraizumi
- 2011 Ogasawara Islands
- 2013 Fujisan
- 2014 Tomioka Silk Mill
- 2015 Sites of Meiji Industrial Revolution
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- 2017 Sacred Island of Okinoshima
- 2018 Hidden Christian sites in the Nagasaki Region
- 2019 Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group
- 2021 Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
- 2021 Jomon Prehistoric Sites
- 2024 Sado Island Gold Mines
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JERUSALEM
- 1981 The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
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JORDAN (HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF)
- 1985 Petra
- 1985 Quseir Amra
- 2004 Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
- 2011 Wadi Rum Protected Area
- 2015 Baptism Site: Bethany Beyond the Jordan
- 2021 As-Salt: The place of tolerance and urban hospitality
- 2024 Umm Al-Jimal
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KAZAKSTAN
- 2003 The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- 2004 Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
- 2008 Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
- 2014 Silk Roads: Routes of Chang'an - Tianshan Corridor
- 2016 Western Tien-Shan
- 2023 Cold Winter Deserts of Turan
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KENYA
- 1997 Lake Turkana National Parks
- 1997 Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest
- 2001 Lamu Old Town
- 2008 The Mijikenda Kaya Forests
- 2011 Fort Jesus, Mombasa
- 2011 Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
- 2018 Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
- 2024 Gedi
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KIRIBATI
- 2010 Phoenix Islands
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
- 1995 Sokkuram Grotto including the Pulguksa Temple
- 1995 Temple of Haeinsa Changgyong P'ango
- 1995 Chongmyo Shrine
- 1997 The Ch'angdokkung Palace Complex
- 1997 Hwasong Fortress
- 2000 Koch'ang, Hwasun, and Kanghwa Dolmen Sites
- 2000 Gyeongju Historic Areas
- 2007 Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
- 2009 Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
- 2010 Hahoe and Yangdong
- 2014 Namhansanseong
- 2015 Baekje Historic Areas
- 2018 Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
- 2019 Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
- 2021 Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
- 2023 Gaya Tumuli
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KYRGYZSTAN
- 2009 Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
- 2014 Silk Roads: Routes of Chang'an - Tianshan Corridor
- 2016 Western Tien-Shan
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LAOS
- 1995 Luang Prabang
- 2001 Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
- 2019 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang - Plain of Jars
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LATVIA
- 1997 Historic Centre of Riga
- 2023 Old Town of Kuldiga
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LEBANON
- 1984 Anjar
- 1984 Baalbek
- 1984 Byblos
- 1984 Tyre
- 1998 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
- 2023 Rachid Karami International Fair - Tripoli
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LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA (SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S)
- 1982 Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- 1982 Archaeological Site of Sabratha
- 1982 Archaeological Site of Cyrene (Shahhat)
- 1985 Rock-art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
- 1988 Old Town of Ghadames
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LITHUANIA
- 1994 The Old Town of Vilnius
- 2000 Curonian Spit
- 2004 Kernave Archaeological Site
- 2023 Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939
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LUXEMBOURG
- 1994 The City of Luxembourg: its old quarters and fortifications
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MADAGASCAR
- 1990 Tsingy Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
- 2001 Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
- 2007 Rainforests of the Atsinanana
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MALAYSIA
- 2000 The Gunung Mulu National Park
- 2000 Kinabalu Park
- 2008 Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca
- 2012 Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley
- 2024 Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park's Cave Complex
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MALAWI
- 1984 Lake Malawi National Park
- 2006 Chongoni Rock Art Area
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MALI
- 1988 Old Towns of Djenné
- 1988 Timbuktu
- 1989 Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
- 2004 Tomb of Askia
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MALTA
- 1980 City of Valletta
- 1980 Megalithic Temples
- 1980 Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
- 2010 Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Test Site
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MAURITANIA
- 1989 Banc d'Arguin National Park
- 1996 Ancient ksours of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
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MAURITIUS
- 2006 Aapravasi Ghat
- 2008 Le Morne Cultural Landscape
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MEXICO
- 1987 Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
- 1987 Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
- 1987 Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacán
- 1987 Historic Centre of Oaxaca and the Archaeological Site of Monte Alban
- 1987 Historic Centre of Puebla
- 1987 Sian Ka'an
- 1988 Historic Town of Guanajuato and adjacent mines
- 1988 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
- 1991 Historic Centre of Morelia
- 1992 El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
- 1993 Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
- 1993 Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
- 1993 Historic center of Zacatecas
- 1994 Earliest 16th century Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatepetl
- 1996 Prehispanic Town of Uxmal
- 1996 Historic Monuments Zone of Queretaro
- 1997 Hospicio Cabanas, Guadalajara
- 1998 Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
- 1998 Archeological zone of Paquime, Casas Grandes
- 1999 Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
- 1999 Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
- 2002 Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
- 2003 Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro
- 2004 Luis Barragan House
- 2005 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
- 2006 Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
- 2007 Central University City Campus UNAM
- 2008 Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- 2008 Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesus de Nazareno de Atotonilco
- 2010 Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
- 2010 Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
- 2013 El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
- 2015 Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
- 2016 Archipelago of Revillagigedo
- 2018 Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley
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MICRONESIA
- 2016 Nan Midol
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Republic of MOLDOVA
- 2005 Struve Geodetic Arc
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MONGOLIA
- 2003 Uvs Nuur Basin
- 2004 Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
- 2011 Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
- 2015 Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and surrounding sacred landscape
- 2017 Landscapes of Dauria
- 2023 Deer Stone Monuments
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MONTENEGRO
- 1979 Natural and Culturo-Historic Region of Kotor
- 1980 Durmitor National Park
- 2016 Stecci Medieval Tombstones
- 2017 Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries
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MOROCCO
- 1981 Medina of Fez
- 1985 Medina of Marrakesh
- 1987 Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
- 1996 Historic City of Meknes
- 1997 Archaeological Site of Volubilis
- 1997 Medina of Tetouan (formerly known as Titawin)
- 2001 Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
- 2004 Mazagan (El Jadida)
- 2012 Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City
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MOZAMBIQUE
- 1991 Island of Mozambique
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MYANMAR
- 2014 Pyu Ancient Cities
- 2019 Bagan
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NAMIBIA
- 2007 Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
- 2013 Namib Sand Sea
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NEPAL
- 1979 Kathmandu Valley
- 1979 Sagarmatha National Park, including Mt. Everest
- 1984 Royal Chitwan National Park
- 1997 Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
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NETHERLANDS
- 1995 Schokland and its surroundings
- 1996 Dutch Water Defence Lines
- 1997 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
- 1997 Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City, and Harbour, Curaçao
- 1998 Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- 1999 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
- 2000 Rietveld Schroder House
- 2009 The Wadden Sea
- 2010 Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
- 2014 Van Nellefabriek
- 2021 Colonies of Benevolence
- 2021 Frontiers of the Roman Empire - the lower German Limes
- 2023 Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
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NEW ZEALAND
- 1990 Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
- 1990 Tongariro National Park
- 1998 New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
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NICARAGUA
- 2000 Ruins of Leon Viejo
- 2011 Leon Cathedral
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NIGER
- 1991 Air and Tenere Natural Reserves
- 1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
- 2013 Historic Centre of Agadez
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NIGERIA
- 1999 Sukur Cultural Landscape
- 2005 Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
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NORWAY
- 1979 Bryggen, the Old Hansiatic Quarter of Bergen
- 1979 Urnes Stave Church
- 1980 Røros Mining Town and Circumference
- 1985 Rock Drawings of Alta
- 2004 Vegaøyan - The Vega Archipelago
- 2005 West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Naerøyford
- 2005 Struve Geodetic Arc
- 2015 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site
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OMAN
- 1987 Bahla Fort
- 1988 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- 1994* *** Deleted *** Arabian Oryx Sanctuary
- 2000 Land of Frankincense
- 2006 Aflaj Irrigation System of Oman
- 2018 Ancient City of Qalhat
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PAKISTAN
- 1980 Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
- 1980 Buddhist Ruins at Takht-i-Bahi and Neighboring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
- 1980 Taxila
- 1981 Fort and Shalamar Gardens at Lahore
- 1981 Historic Monuments of Thatta
- 1997 Rohtas Fort
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PALAU
- 2012 Rock Islands Southern Lagoon
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PALESTINE
- 2012 Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
- 2014 Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
- 2017 Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
- 2023 Ancient Jericho
- 2024 Saint Hilarion Monastery - Tell Umm Amer
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PANAMA
- 1980 Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- 1981 Darien National Park
- 1997 Historic District of Panama, with the Salon Bolivar
- 2005 Coiba National Park
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- 2008 Kuk Early Agricultural Site
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PARAGUAY
- 1993 Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue
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PERU
- 1983 City of Cuzco
- 1983 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
- 1985 Archaeological Site of Chavin
- 1985 Huascaran National Park
- 1987 Manu National Park
- 1988 Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
- 1990 Rio Abiseo National Park
- 1991 Historic Centre of Lima
- 1994 The Lines and Geoglypths of Nasca and Pamapas de Jumana
- 2000 Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
- 2009 Sacred City of Caral-Supe
- 2014 Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System
- 2021 Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex
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PHILIPPINES
- 1993 Tubbataha Reef Marine Park
- 1993 Baroque Churches of the Philippines
- 1995 Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- 1999 Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
- 1999 Historic Town of Vigan
- 2014 Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
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POLAND
- 1978 Historic Centre of Cracow
- 1978 Wieliczka Salt Mine
- 1979 Auschwitz Birkenau
- 1979 Bialowieza National Park
- 1980 Historic Centre of Warsaw
- 1992 Belovezhskaya Pushcha/Bialowieza Forest
- 1992 Old City of Zamosc
- 1997 Medieval Town of Torun
- 1997 Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
- 1999 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- 2001 Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica
- 2003 Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
- 2004 Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
- 2006 Centennial Hall in Wroclaw
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2013 Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- 2017 Tarnowskie Gory Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- 2019 Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region
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PORTUGAL
- 1983 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
- 1983 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem, Lisbon
- 1983 Monastery of Batalha
- 1983 Convent of Christ in Tomar
- 1988 Historic Centre of Evora
- 1989 Alcobaca Monastery with the tombs of Ines de Castro and King Dom Pedro
- 1995 Cultural Landscape of Sintra
- 1996 Historic Centre of Oporto
- 1998 Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Coa Valley
- 1999 Laurisilva of Madeira
- 2001 Alto Douro Wine Region
- 2001 Historic Centre of Guimaraes
- 2004 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
- 2012 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
- 2013 University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia
- 2019 Royal Building of Mafra
- 2019 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
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QATAR
- 2013 Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
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ROMANIA
- 1991 Danube Delta
- 1993 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
- 1993 Monastery of Horezu
- 1993 Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia
- 1999 Historic Centre of Sighisoara
- 1999 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
- 1999 Wooden Churches of Maramures
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2021 Rosia Montana Mining Landscape
- 2024 Dacia - Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- 2024 Brancusi Monumental Ensemble of Targu Jiu
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
- 1990 Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and related groups of monuments
- 1990 Kizhi Pogost
- 1990 Kremlin and the Red Square in Moscow
- 1992 Historic Monuments of Novgorod and suroundings
- 1992 Cultural and historic ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
- 1992 The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
- 1993 Architectural ensemble of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
- 1994 The Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
- 1995 Virgin Komi Forests
- 1996 Volcanoes of Kamchatka
- 1996 Lake Baikal
- 1998 Golden Mountains of Altai
- 1999 The Western Caucasus
- 2000 The Ensemble of Ferapontov Monastery
- 2000 Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
- 2000 Curonian Spit
- 2001 Central Sikhote-Alin
- 2003 Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
- 2004 Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
- 2004 Wrangel Island Reserve
- 2005 Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
- 2010 Putorana Plateau
- 2012 Lena Pillars Nature Park
- 2014 Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
- 2017 Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk
- 2017 Landscapes of Dauria
- 2018 Bikin River Valley
- 2019 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
- 2021 Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega and White Sea
- 2023 Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University
- 2024 Kenozero Lake
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RWANDA
- 2023 Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
- 2023 Nyungwe National Park
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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
- 1999 Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
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SAINT LUCIA
- 2004 Pitons Management Area
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SAN MARINO
- 2008 San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
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SAUDI ARABIA
- 2008 Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madain Salih)
- 2010 At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
- 2014 Historic Jeddah
- 2015 Rock Art in the Hail Region
- 2018 Al-Ahsa Oasis
- 2021 Hima Cultural Area
- 2023 'Urug Bani Ma'arid
- 2024 Al-Faw Archaeological Area
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SENEGAL
- 1978 Island of Goree
- 1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
- 1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park
- 2000 Island of Saint-Louis
- 2011 Saloum Delta
- 2012 Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes
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SERBIA
- 1979 Stari Ras and Sopocani Monastery
- 1988 Studenica Monastery
- 2004 Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
- 2007 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius
- 2016 Stecci Medieval Tombstones
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SEYCHELLES
- 1982 Aldabra Atoll
- 1983 Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve
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SINGAPORE
- 2015 Singapore Botanic Gardens
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SLOVAKIA
- 1993 The Historic town of Banska Stiavnica
- 1993 Vlkolinec Reservation of Folk Architecture
- 1993 Spissky Hrad and the cultural monuments in its environs
- 1995 Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- 2000 Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2008 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area
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SLOVENIA
- 1988 Skocjan Caves
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2011 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- 2012 Heritage of Mercury Mining: Almaden and Idrija
- 2021 Works of Joze Plecnik in Ljubljana
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
- 1998 East Rennell
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SOUTH AFRICA
- 1999 iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- 1999 Robben Island
- 1999 Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs
- 2000 Ukhahlamba/Drakensberg Park
- 2003 Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
- 2004 Cape Floral Region
- 2005 Vredefort Dome
- 2007 Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
- 2017 ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
- 2018 Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- 2024 Pleistocene Occupation Sites
- 2024 Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
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SPAIN
- 1984 Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzin, Granada
- 1984 Mosque of Cordoba
- 1984 Burgos Cathedral
- 1984 Monastery and Site of the Escorial, Madrid
- 1984, 2005 Works of Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona
- 1985 Altamira Cave
- 1985 Old Town of Segovia, including its aqueduct
- 1985 Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturias
- 1985 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
- 1985 Old Town of Avila, including its Extra Muros churches
- 1986 Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- 1986 Historic City of Toledo
- 1986 Garajonay National Park
- 1986 Old Town of Caceres
- 1987 Cathedral, the Alcazar and Archivo de Indias, Seville
- 1988 Old City of Salamanca
- 1991 Poblet Monastery
- 1993 Archaeological Ensemble of Merida
- 1993 Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- 1993 The Route of Santiago de Compostela
- 1994 Donana National Park
- 1996 Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
- 1996 "La Lonja de la Seda" of Valencia
- 1997 Pyrenees - Mount Perdu
- 1997 Las Medulas
- 1997 The Palau de la Musica Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- 1997 San Millan Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- 1998 University and Historic Precinct of Alcala de Henares
- 1998 Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- 1999 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
- 1999 San Cristobal de La Laguna
- 2000 The archaeological ensemble of Tarraco
- 2000 The Palmeral of Elche
- 2000 Roman Walls of Lugo
- 2000 Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boi
- 2000 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
- 2001 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
- 2003 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Ubeda and Baeza
- 2006 Vizcaya Bridge
- 2007 Teide National Park
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2009 Tower of Hercules
- 2011 Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
- 2012 Heritage of Mercury Mining: Almaden and Idrija
- 2016 Antequera Dolmens Site
- 2018 Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
- 2019 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape
- 2021 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
- 2023 Prehistoric Sites of Talayotic Menorca
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SRI LANKA
- 1982 Sacred City of Anuradhapura
- 1982 Ancient City of Polonnaruva
- 1982 Ancient City of Sigiriya
- 1988 Sinharaja Forest Reserve
- 1988 Sacred City of Kandy
- 1988 Old Town of Galle and its fortifications
- 1991 Golden Temple of Dambulla
- 2010 Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
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SUDAN
- 2003 Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
- 2011 Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
- 2016 Sanganeb Marine National Park
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SURINAME
- 2000 Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- 2002 Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
- 2023 Jodensavanne Archaeological Site
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SWEDEN
- 1991 Royal Domain of Drottningholm
- 1993 Birka and Hovgarden
- 1993 Engelsberg Ironworks
- 1994 The Rock Carvings in Tanum
- 1994 Skogskyrkogarden
- 1995 Hanseatic Town of Visby
- 1996 The Lapponian Area
- 1996 Church Town of Gammelstad
- 1998 Naval Port of Karlskrona
- 2000 The High Coast
- 2000 Agricultural Landscape of Southern Oland
- 2001 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
- 2004 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
- 2012 Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
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SWITZERLAND
- 1983 Abbey of St. Gall
- 1983 Benedictine Convent of St. John at Mustair
- 1983 Old City of Bern
- 2000 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone
- 2001 Swiss Alps: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn
- 2003 Monte San Giorgio
- 2007 Lavaux Region
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2008 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
- 2008 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- 2009 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- 2011 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- 2016 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- 1979 Ancient City of Damascus
- 1980 Site of Palmyra
- 1980 Ancient City of Bosra
- 1986 Ancient City of Aleppo
- 2006 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din
- 2011 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
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TAJIKISTAN
- 2010 Proto-Urban site of Sarazm
- 2013 Tajik National Park
- 2023 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
- 2023 Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve
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TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
- 1979 Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including the Ngorongoro and Empakaai Craters and Olduvai Gorge
- 1981 Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
- 1981 Serengeti National Park
- 1982 Selous Game Reserve
- 1987 Kilimanjaro National Park
- 2000 The Stone Town of Zanzibar
- 2006 Kondoa Rock Art Sites
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THAILAND
- 1991 Thung Yai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
- 1991 Historic Town of Sukhothai and associated historic towns
- 1991 Historic City of Ayutthaya and associated historic towns
- 1992 Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
- 2005 Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai Forest Complex
- 2021 Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
- 2023 Ancient town of Si Thep
- 2024 Phu Phrabat
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TOGO
- 2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
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TUNISIA
- 1979 Roman Amphitheater of El Djem
- 1979 Archaeological Site of Carthage
- 1979 Medina of Tunis
- 1980 Ichkeul National Park
- 1985 Punic Town of Kerkuane, including its Necropolis
- 1988 Medina of Sousse
- 1988 Kairouan
- 1997 Dougga/Thugga
- 2023 Djerba Island
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TURKEY
- 1985 Historic Areas of Istanbul
- 1985 Goreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
- 1985 Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
- 1986 Hattusha
- 1987 Nemrut Dag
- 1988 Xanthos-Letoon
- 1988 Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- 1994 The City of Safranbolu
- 1998 Archaeological Site of Troy
- 2011 Selimiye Mosque
- 2012 Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk
- 2014 Bursa and Cumalikizik
- 2014 Pergamon
- 2015 Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
- 2015 Ephesus
- 2016 Archaeological Site of Ani
- 2017 Aphrodisias
- 2018 Gobekli Tepe
- 2021 Arslantepe Mound
- 2023 Gordion
- 2023 Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia
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TURKMENISTAN
- 1999 State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
- 2005 Kunya-Urgench
- 2007 Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
- 2023 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
- 2023 Cold Winter Deserts of Turan
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UGANDA
- 1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- 1994 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
- 2001 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
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UKRAINE
- 1990 St Sophia Cathedral and related monastic buildings, and Lavra of Kiev-Pechersk
- 1998 L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Center
- 2007 Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- 2011 Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
- 2013 Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora
- 2013 Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- 2023 Historic Center of Odesa
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- 2011 Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)
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UNITED KINGDOM
- 1986 The Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
- 1986 Durham Castle and Cathedral
- 1986 Ironbridge Gorge
- 1986 Studley Royal Park, including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
- 1986 Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites
- 1986 The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
- 1986 St. Kilda
- 1987 Blenheim Palace
- 1987 City of Bath
- 1987 Hadrian's Wall
- 1987 Palace of Westminster, Abbey of Westminster, and St. Margaret's Church
- 1988 Henderson Island
- 1988 The Tower of London
- 1988 Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey, and St. Martin's Church
- 1995 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- 1995 Gough Island Wildlife Reserve
- 1997 Maritime Greenwich
- 1999 Heart of Neolithic Orkney
- 2000 The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
- 2000 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- 2001 Derwent Valley Mills
- 2001 Dorset and East Devon Coast
- 2001 New Lanark
- 2001 Saltaire
- 2003 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- 2004 *** Deleted *** Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City
- 2006 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- 2009 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- 2015 The Forth Bridge
- 2016 Gorham's Cave Complex
- 2017 The English Lake District
- 2019 Jodrell Bank Observatory
- 2021 Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2021 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
- 2024 The Flow Country
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- 1978 Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- 1978 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming/Idaho/Montana
- 1979 Everglades National Park, Florida
- 1979 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
- 1979 Independence Hall, Pennsylvania
- 1980 Redwood National Park, California
- 1981 Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
- 1981 Olympic National Park, Washington State
- 1982 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois
- 1983 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina/Tennessee
- 1983 San Juan National Historic Site and La Fortaleza, Puerto Rico
- 1984 The Statue of Liberty, New York
- 1984 Yosemite National Park, California
- 1987 Monticello, and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- 1987 Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico
- 1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, including Mauna Loa, Hawaii
- 1992 Pueblo de Taos
- 1995 Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- 2010 Papahanaumokuakea
- 2014 Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
- 2015 San Antonio Missions
- 2019 The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
- 2023 Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
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URUGUAY
- 1995 Colonia del Sacramento
- 2015 Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
- 2021 The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlantida
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UZBEKISTAN
- 1990 Itchan Kala
- 1993 Historic Centre of Bukhara
- 2000 Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
- 2001 Samarkand
- 2016 Western Tien-Shan
- 2023 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
- 2023 Cold Winter Deserts of Turan
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VANUATU
- 2008 Chief Roi Mata's Domain
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VENEZUELA
- 1993 Coro and its port
- 1994 Canaima National Park
- 2000 Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
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VIETNAM
- 1993 The Complex of Hué Monuments
- 1994 Ha-Long Bay
- 1999 Hoi An Ancient Town
- 1999 My Son Sanctuary
- 2003 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
- 2010 Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi
- 2011 Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- 2014 Trang An Landscape Complex
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YEMEN
- 1982 Old Walled City of Shibam
- 1988 Old City of Sana'a
- 1993 Historic Town of Zabid
- 2008 Socotra Archipelago
- 2023 Ancient Kingdom of Saba,Marib
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former YUGOSLAV REPULIC OF MACEDONIA
- 1979 Ohrid Region
- 2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
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ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE
- 1989 Victoria Falls/Mosi-oa-Tunya
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ZIMBABWE
- 1984 Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
- 1988 Great Zimbabwe National Monument
- 1988 Khami Ruins National Monument
- 2003 Matobo Hills
BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WORLD HERITAGE LIST
The World Heritage List was established under terms of the
Convention Concerning the Protection of World Culture and Natural
Heritage adopted in November, 1972 at the 17th General Conference
of UNESCO.
The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will
establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of
cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States and
considered to be of outstanding universal value.
One of the main responsibilities of the Committee is to
provide technical co-operation under the World Heritage Fund for
the safeguarding of World Heritage Sites to States Parties whose
resources are insufficient.
Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the
case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or
man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.
The Committee named 12 sites in 1978, 44 in 1979,
26 in 1980, 28 in 1981, 24 in 1982, 28 in 1983, 22 in 1984, 31 in
1985, 18 in 1986, 42 in 1987, 36 in 1988, 7 in 1989, 17 in 1990,
23 in 1991, 21 in 1992, 32 in 1993, 29 in 1994, 29 in 1995, 37 in 1996,
46 in 1997, 30 in 1998, 48 in 1999, 61 in 2000, 31 in 2001, 9 in 2002,
24 in 2003, 34 in 2004, 24 in 2005, 18 in 2006, 22-1 in 2007, 27 in 2008,
13 in 2009, 21 in 2010, 25 in 2011, 26 in 2012, 19 in 2013, 26 in 2014, 24 in 2015,
21 in 2016, 21 in 2017, 20 in 2018, 29 in 2019, 0 in 2020,
34 in 2021, 0 in 2022, 45 in 2023, 24 in 2024 . *
*Small discrepancies in numbers may be due to different methods
of numbering sites, and overlapping of sites into two countries.
Additional links with information about the World Heritage List:
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Last Updated: July 27, 2024